"Driving to work today, heard a commercial for ED3 on KCBS 740 AM. Kind of cute, but too cute, if you ask me. They seem to be aiming the car at the young, or the stupid, and the poor (or all of the above) when research shows EV buyers are none of the…"

"Sorry to say but we bought a 2013 Leaf SV last week instead. It was a very hard decision, influenced by: family of 5 with avg household age 71, leaf is bigger/more practical for this family, leaf has been out longer and is better supported,…"

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"Getting the process started to install a charging station in the garage. First step was to fill out a questionnaire at www.pluginnow.com -- then a guy from Bosch in Michigan called me promptly, and identified a local electrician to come…"

"San Jose shipment delayed from May 3 to May 15. Something to do with battery lease terms ... We didn't like any of the configurations in the first shipment, and have special ordered our preferred configuration for ED3. Expect it to arrive…"

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smart repair/reliability question. Keep in mind the electric fortwo will not have the gas engine to worry about and the way I understand it the transmission is locked in one gear so not a lot of shifting going on. Many threads on various issues with the gas cars at www.smartcarofamerica.com/forums; for reliability, check out www.truedelta.com.